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By Aynur Jafarova

Kazakhstan is planning to take part in the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project.

This remark was made by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who is on an official visit to Turkmenistan, at a meeting with his Turkmen counterpart Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov on December 2.

"We support Turkmenistan’s intention concerning the construction of the TAPI gas pipeline, and will participate in this project," Nazarbayev said.

The TAPI project with the proposed capacity of 33 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year will extend from Galkynysh field in Turkmenistan through the Afghan cities of Herat and Kandahar to its final point at a settlement on the Pakistani-Indian border.

The presidents of the two countries also said fuel, energy and transport sectors are the most promising areas for bilateral economic cooperation.

Following the talks with Nazarbayev, Berdymukhamedov said Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan are leaders of the continent in terms of energy production. They have modern infrastructures and have a common vision of the directions of energy and transport flows in Eurasia.

President Berdymukhamedov mentioned the implemented large-scale projects with the participation of the two countries, namely, the construction of the Turkmenistan-China gas pipeline, partially passing through the territory of Kazakhstan, as well as the construction of the Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran railway.

"These examples show the two countries’ powerful resource,” President Berdymukhamedov noted. “In the context of the energy and transport flow diversification, we will use every opportunity to implement the joint projects.”

Later, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan signed a package of bilateral documents.

Berdymukhamedov and Nazarbayev signed a joint statement.

Meanwhile, the two countries also signed agreements on cooperation in the field of maritime transport, the creation of the Turkmenistan-Kazakhstan international transit telecommunication system, the establishment of the Business Council and others.